Triple Crown of Acting
Actors that have won the three main competitive awards
The Triple Crown of Acting is a term used to talk about actors who have won an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories. Only 24 people have achieved the triple crown of acting (15 women, 9 men). Helen Hayes was the first person to achieve the triple crown. Thomas Mitchell became the first man to achieve the triple crown. Hayes, Viola Davis, and Rita Moreno are the only triple crown winners in competitive acting categories who have also won a Grammy Award to complete the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Dame Maggie Smith has the most triple crown wins, with 7 awards.
Winners
changeActor | Completed | Years to complete |
Oscar | Emmy | Tony | Total wins |
Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Helen Hayes | 1953 | 21 | 1932 | 1953 | 1947 | 5 | |
Thomas Mitchell | 1953 | 13 | 1940 | 1953 | 1953 | 3 | [1] |
Ingrid Bergman | 1960 | 15 | 1945 | 1960 | 1947 | 6 | |
Shirley Booth | 1962 | 13 | 1953 | 1962 | 1949 | 6 | |
Melvyn Douglas | 1968 | 8 | 1964 | 1968 | 1960 | 4 | |
Paul Scofield | 1969 | 7 | 1967 | 1969 | 1962 | 3 | |
Jack Albertson | 1975 | 10 | 1969 | 1975 | 1965 | 4 | |
Rita Moreno | 1977 | 15 | 1962 | 1977 | 1975 | 4 | |
Maureen Stapleton | 1982 | 31 | 1982 | 1968 | 1951 | 4 | |
Jason Robards | 1988 | 29 | 1977 | 1988 | 1959 | 4 | |
Jessica Tandy | 1990 | 42 | 1990 | 1988 | 1948 | 5 | [2] |
Jeremy Irons | 1997 | 13 | 1991 | 1997 | 1984 | 4 | [3] |
Anne Bancroft | 1999 | 41 | 1963 | 1999 | 1958 | 4 | [4] |
Vanessa Redgrave | 2003 | 25 | 1978 | 1981 | 2003 | 4 | [5] |
Maggie Smith | 2003 | 33 | 1970 | 2003 | 1990 | 7 | [6] |
Al Pacino | 2004 | 35 | 1993 | 2004 | 1969 | 5 | [7] |
Geoffrey Rush | 2009 | 12 | 1997 | 2005 | 2009 | 3 | [8] |
Ellen Burstyn | 2009 | 34 | 1975 | 2009 | 1975 | 4 | [9] |
Christopher Plummer | 2012 | 38 | 2012 | 1977 | 1974 | 5 | [10] |
Helen Mirren | 2015 | 19 | 2007 | 1996 | 2015 | 6 | [11] |
Frances McDormand | 2015 | 18 | 1997 | 2015 | 2011 | 5 | [12] |
Jessica Lange | 2016 | 33 | 1983 | 2009 | 2016 | 6 | [13] |
Viola Davis | 2017 | 16 | 2017 | 2015 | 2001 | 4 | [14] |
Glenda Jackson | 2018 | 47 | 1971 | 1972 | 2018 | 6 | [15] |
References
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- ↑ Lambe, Stacy (June 10, 2018). "Glenda Jackson wins Triple Crown of Acting". Entertainment Tonight. Archived from the original on June 11, 2018. Retrieved June 12, 2018.